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look, you want to raise taxes and lower defense spending, we'll do that. if not, then p we go off this supposed cliff and then democrats are negotiating from an even stronger hand. >> i want to bring in senator jeanne shaheen. i'm wondering what you think about what he had to say, raise taxes or lower spending or going off the fiscal cliff. where are you? and how do you feel about tinkering with medicare and medicaid? >> look, i think we've got to put aside all of the sacred cows and really got to be willing, as dick durbin said, sit down and negotiate and come up with a plan, a long-term plan that's balanced, that looks at the domestic side of the budget, the defense side, the mandatory programs, and the revenue side. and if we're willing to do that, then i think we can get an agreement. but i think to go to the tax issue that you were talking about earlier, there are really two issues there. one is the amount of revenue that needs to be raised. but the other question is a fairness question. and if we're asking people to accept the sacrifices that they're
look, you want to raise taxes and lower defense spending, we'll do that. if not, then p we go off this supposed cliff and then democrats are negotiating from an even stronger hand. >> i want to bring in senator jeanne shaheen. i'm wondering what you think about what he had to say, raise taxes or lower spending or going off the fiscal cliff. where are you? and how do you feel about tinkering with medicare and medicaid? >> look, i think we've got to put aside all of the sacred cows...
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we have president obama's very strong defense of had her at his press conference last week. beyond that, we really don't have all that much. i would note something and want to give credit where it is due, mark murray, the deputy political director, pointed it out, saw it on twitter, we focus on ayotte, graham and mccain but remember, democrats may not need those three votes to confirm susan rice if she is put forward. they need probably five to seven republicans, maybe they can find them elsewhere. i'm not saying that i know that for a fact, but let's not assume that even if the three of them are opposed that she could never be confirmed. >> they can block it by using a hold. >> any one of them can. >> yeah. >> yeah, kelly. this is not the kind of confirmation you want to send your top diplomat out. that's not the launch pad for a successful tenure as secretary of state. and, of course, waiting in the wings, john kerry, who we understand the white house will nominate to be defense secretary. i'm told he would accept that post even though he would prefer to be secretary of st
we have president obama's very strong defense of had her at his press conference last week. beyond that, we really don't have all that much. i would note something and want to give credit where it is due, mark murray, the deputy political director, pointed it out, saw it on twitter, we focus on ayotte, graham and mccain but remember, democrats may not need those three votes to confirm susan rice if she is put forward. they need probably five to seven republicans, maybe they can find them...
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what is the defense case? >>jonathan: it boils down to this: he has been punished enough already between july 2010 and april 201 when he was held at the marine bridge in virginia he was illegally treated too harshly. the united nations investigators called the conditions of his being held there at that time "cruel and inhumane and degrading." experts say that really is all the defense has here because there isn't any question that he leaked the documents. >> it makes up for the defense lawyer whose have to put it out, they will say he was treated inhumanely and he has been punished enough. don't punish him anymore. as a prosecutor i would not take that for a second but i understand why they are making that argument. it is the only argument they have because it is cleared he leaks these. >>jonathan: the military judges can potentially dismiss all the charges against him if they decide this pre-trial punishment was too much. but it seems highly unlikely and it appears the trial will ultimately go forward and is
what is the defense case? >>jonathan: it boils down to this: he has been punished enough already between july 2010 and april 201 when he was held at the marine bridge in virginia he was illegally treated too harshly. the united nations investigators called the conditions of his being held there at that time "cruel and inhumane and degrading." experts say that really is all the defense has here because there isn't any question that he leaked the documents. >> it makes up...
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bacon's defense at any time. we keep hoping, but thy don't. and i think there is not really my said the whitehouse can do. lou: the net is states is so gullible or we are so acquiescent and actually feel well served by their pursuit of their interest irrespective of the time to time annoyances like acquiring dictatorial powers on the part f the assembled. >> well, ithink there is -- there has beena different influence inhe region. if you take a look at the anti-american access, when you take a look at the hezbollah and hamas, these are very powerful people. they're really playing for keeps they know what they're doing. we are into the region, out of the region. secretary clinton rushed to the scene when she rushed to the middle east after the war broke out between hamas and israel. in the far east. we visited the far east. the president was visiting pagodas in the far east. lou: not going near india or china. you mentioned a moss, ron and syria along with egypt in that, if you will, axes with in the least. syria itself, the implications for it
bacon's defense at any time. we keep hoping, but thy don't. and i think there is not really my said the whitehouse can do. lou: the net is states is so gullible or we are so acquiescent and actually feel well served by their pursuit of their interest irrespective of the time to time annoyances like acquiring dictatorial powers on the part f the assembled. >> well, ithink there is -- there has beena different influence inhe region. if you take a look at the anti-american access, when you...
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they take the modern oath explicitly says that congress has the power to impose taxes both to pay for defense and to provide for the general welfare of the nation and very first sentence of article one section eight says the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes duties imposed on exercises to pay the debts and provide for the jet the common defense and the general welfare of the united states so how is it possible the one the constitution says that one of the very specific jobs of congress is to lay and collect taxes and the oath they take says that they that they will do so without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion that a member of congress could possibly swear an oath to a multi-millionaire k.-street lobbyist that that member of congress will refuse to perform one of their constitutional duties and what sort of member of congress would willingly swear an oath to a front man for a small group of billionaires that that member of congress would violate the zero if he or she swore to follow the constitution without mental reservations and without purpose of evasion.
they take the modern oath explicitly says that congress has the power to impose taxes both to pay for defense and to provide for the general welfare of the nation and very first sentence of article one section eight says the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes duties imposed on exercises to pay the debts and provide for the jet the common defense and the general welfare of the united states so how is it possible the one the constitution says that one of the very specific jobs...
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the defense bill is a good example. i said let's move to the defense bill. they objected to it. they have been talking about it for months. i agreed to move to it, no preconditions at all. we have to do other things. we have a very short period of time here now and everything around here is the big stall. and he talks about getting bills done. mr. president, we have -- this congress has gotten almost nothing done. we have struggled through a highway bill that took six weeks. we spent most of our time on that. dealing with contraception. we were able to work through that. we had a postal bill that we spent a lot of time on that here. the house put that in there garbage pile. nothing's happened with that. the farm bill, same thing. almost nothing done. why? because we have spent weeks -- weeks -- even simply getting on a bill so we can start legislating. so, mr. president, the republican leader thinks things are going well here. he's in a distinct minority because things aren't going well around here. i think an example, i repeat, lyndon johnson one cloture. harry reid, 386. that
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the parma of defense fund. has gone up 64%. the cost of mandatory programs, after adjusting for population growth, up 30%. revenues as a government down 13%. spending up in the categories mentioned. we have already passed a major down payment when it comes to deficit reduction. the budget control act. $1.50 trillion in savings over the next 10 years, but i want to call your attention to one aspect which progressives need to remind people. of the $1.50 trillion already in spending cuts, $900 billion it comes from non-defense spending. we have given far more towards deficit reduction than we have seen on the defense side. that is a big to keep in mind as we talk about spending cuts in the future. let's talk about those for a minute. as i mentioned earlier, the budget control act, and sequestrations', would result in dramatic cuts in spending. we have heard a lot of talk about the impact that this will have on our national defense. there's not anyone left, right, or center, a west compromise america's national defense, but spendin
the parma of defense fund. has gone up 64%. the cost of mandatory programs, after adjusting for population growth, up 30%. revenues as a government down 13%. spending up in the categories mentioned. we have already passed a major down payment when it comes to deficit reduction. the budget control act. $1.50 trillion in savings over the next 10 years, but i want to call your attention to one aspect which progressives need to remind people. of the $1.50 trillion already in spending cuts, $900...
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reid: we hope to begin consideration of the defense authorization bill tomorrow. we'll work on an agreement for amendments to the disabilities treaty. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask we adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the >> the average cost educated child is $60,000. almost four times with the rest of the public legislation costs. the vast majority of our basis, we use public schools and we can take the money we are spending today and pay every public school system $14,000 per child, and we could save billions of dollars per year. and with the same or better outcomes. >> as we can come you talk with senator tom corps coburn about the fiscal cliff and the future of the republican party on both tvs and dad. the senator has written several books. live at noon eastern on c-span2 on "in depth." the u.s. has dropped out of next week's middle east talks iran had agreed to attend. former carter administration national security adviser spoke about the ongoing stalemate between the u.s. an
reid: we hope to begin consideration of the defense authorization bill tomorrow. we'll work on an agreement for amendments to the disabilities treaty. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask we adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the >> the average cost educated child is $60,000. almost four times with the rest of the public legislation costs. the vast majority of our basis, we use public schools and we can take the...
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and then came the 1980s and the tax cuts of ronald reagan combined with greater defense spending leading to hugely higher annual deficits covered by borrowing. and thus again a swelling nationa debt. but with no wars at all. then under presidents george h.w. bush and bill clinton we took action. for a while, both parties agreed, says simon johnson. >> there was a bipartisan agreement to raise revenue and put something of a damper on spending. so that's an important moment in the bigger picture, of course, that was just a small hesitation on the part of a much larger national debt. >> reporter: because in the bigger picture, a president just can't accomplish very much if he's cutting spending and won't raise taxes. and so yet again, more borrowing. under presidents george w. bush and barack obama. higher deficits and debt that, because of the graying baby boom, are fated to get even worse. >> the population was always going to age, the baby boomers were going to retire. they were paying a lot of social security contributions in 1990s. we were always going to shift into structural deficit
and then came the 1980s and the tax cuts of ronald reagan combined with greater defense spending leading to hugely higher annual deficits covered by borrowing. and thus again a swelling nationa debt. but with no wars at all. then under presidents george h.w. bush and bill clinton we took action. for a while, both parties agreed, says simon johnson. >> there was a bipartisan agreement to raise revenue and put something of a damper on spending. so that's an important moment in the bigger...
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secretary of defense and a estimate it would take two to three years to do so. in the latest international atomic energy agency report, based on its ongoing inspections iran's nuclear facility, particularly the fordo enrichment facility find that iran continues to expand enrichment pass the iranian patrician capacity. 20% levels which is closer to the 90% for weapons grades and iran continues to refuse to address the iaea's questions about the potential military dimensions of its nuclear program. and it continues to resist tougher international inspections known as the iaea additional protocol. so we believe that there is time and clearly there's an interest from all parties to reach a diplomatic solution. and after several rounds of negotiations between the p5+1, and iran, it looks as though there will be a new round of talks in the next month, but perhaps early in 2011. it's also clear that the two sides have put forward specific concrete proposal, but those proposals have some different ideas come particularly about the sequencing of the steps necessary to as
secretary of defense and a estimate it would take two to three years to do so. in the latest international atomic energy agency report, based on its ongoing inspections iran's nuclear facility, particularly the fordo enrichment facility find that iran continues to expand enrichment pass the iranian patrician capacity. 20% levels which is closer to the 90% for weapons grades and iran continues to refuse to address the iaea's questions about the potential military dimensions of its nuclear...
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that's what a defense officials are now telling fox news. u.s. commanders say that afghan forces will be in charge of their own security by then. but analysts say the afghans will still need help from the united states. for one thing, they don't have their own air force. but we knew that jennifer griffin at the pentagon. what do we know about the military's plans after 2014? >> most assume there will be one more fighting season next year in afghanistan beginning in the spring and going through next fall. general john allen the top u.s. commander in afghanistan reportedly wants to keep 60,000 troops through that fighting season that is most of the troops already there. now there are indication that's will recommend that the u.s. keep 10,000 troops after 2014, including 1,000 special operators to keep a lid on things. this is how defense secretary panetta recently described his vision. afghans will be in the lead throughout the country for security in mid 2013. afghans will ultimately take full responsibility for security by the end of 2014. >> the
that's what a defense officials are now telling fox news. u.s. commanders say that afghan forces will be in charge of their own security by then. but analysts say the afghans will still need help from the united states. for one thing, they don't have their own air force. but we knew that jennifer griffin at the pentagon. what do we know about the military's plans after 2014? >> most assume there will be one more fighting season next year in afghanistan beginning in the spring and going...
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self-defense is about one thing, self-preservation. once you have reserved your life and others around you, that is part of it. it is not about making public pronouncements and not about execution. it is defending against the threats. even though the minnesota statute allows you to defend your home, it does not allow you once the threat is otherwise resolved to shoot someone in the face because you feel like it. and then because they represent no other danger, you should do multiple times, and guess what? according to him, you get a clean shot through the neck so that you make sure that they are dead. this is, without question, second-degree murder. it will be prosecuted as such, and i do believe that the prosecution will secure a conviction. >> is it easy to say that the threat was over, you know, sitting here in the studios. he says his house had been broken into. one after the other coming down the stairs. by himself. you know, is it possible that even though he shot him, he did not leave the threat was over? >> megan, i don't think
self-defense is about one thing, self-preservation. once you have reserved your life and others around you, that is part of it. it is not about making public pronouncements and not about execution. it is defending against the threats. even though the minnesota statute allows you to defend your home, it does not allow you once the threat is otherwise resolved to shoot someone in the face because you feel like it. and then because they represent no other danger, you should do multiple times, and...
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we've got defense, missile defense systems in place to deal with this kind of capability. we have land-based systems in alaska that can deal with missile and aegis systems sea based that can deal with it. so the defense department has the capacity to deal with this kind of capability. jenna: only a few short years ago north korea was threatening to develop a nuclear weapon. we had heavy sanctions in place to try to keep them from doing that. one day we woke up and they were testing their nuclear weapon. we also look at north korea as a model potentially for iran because we have the serious sanctions on iran right now. general, i'm just curious, based on what you're seeing from north korea today, what type of scenarios do you see with iran playing out, whether or not they eventually test their own nuclear weapon and what we can expect from them if and when they do? >> well, look it, i think the iranians have always looked at this chapter in north korea as a pertains to the united states and their own nuclear weapon as something very favorable to them because the facts are w
we've got defense, missile defense systems in place to deal with this kind of capability. we have land-based systems in alaska that can deal with missile and aegis systems sea based that can deal with it. so the defense department has the capacity to deal with this kind of capability. jenna: only a few short years ago north korea was threatening to develop a nuclear weapon. we had heavy sanctions in place to try to keep them from doing that. one day we woke up and they were testing their...
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the defense knew about it. but kept it secret during their trial. let's talk to fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. >> yeah. how are you? that was a great interview this morning. sometimes defense lawyers who won their cases should keep their mouth shut and not write books because now the more we think about it, the more we think and a lot of americans think that yeah, maybe the jury got it wrong. in fact, she obviously was guilty and so now jose baez is spinning on your show and you asked very skillful questioning, said well, it really wouldn't have mattered. it would have been a bad thing for the prosecution and it would have helped us. the truth is, mr. baez revealed this fact, said somehow this full proof suffocation on the mozilla firefox google search was overlooked by the sheriff's office and not given to the prosecution. the prosecution concedes that they didn't have it. but now mr. baez is somehow spinning that withle, they did have it but didn't use it because it would have shown that george anthony was really responsible. let's look
the defense knew about it. but kept it secret during their trial. let's talk to fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. >> yeah. how are you? that was a great interview this morning. sometimes defense lawyers who won their cases should keep their mouth shut and not write books because now the more we think about it, the more we think and a lot of americans think that yeah, maybe the jury got it wrong. in fact, she obviously was guilty and so now jose baez is spinning on your show and...
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there was also some defense delay in this case, as well, which is not attributable to the government. so both sides are going to argue whether or not the delay was -- was a very long delay, was a delay that he should get credit for. there's no doubt in my opinion that he will get some pretrial credit. i don't believe that he's going to be let go free and the charges dismissed. >> greg rinckey, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >>> also happening this hour, the southern poverty law center holding a conference in new york to discuss a lawsuit against a conversion therapy provider. conversion therapy as you may know is a controversial practice that tries to change a person's sexual orientation from gay to straight. coming up later is hour, we'll talk with the splc's attorney about the first of a kind lawsuit. >>> also, we're keeping a close eye on things in cairo, egypt. protesters have blocking to tahrir square to rage against egypt's president. earlier this morning, police fired teargas to disperse demonstrator. many egyptians say muhammad morse betrayed the democratic action of the
there was also some defense delay in this case, as well, which is not attributable to the government. so both sides are going to argue whether or not the delay was -- was a very long delay, was a delay that he should get credit for. there's no doubt in my opinion that he will get some pretrial credit. i don't believe that he's going to be let go free and the charges dismissed. >> greg rinckey, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >>> also happening this hour, the southern...
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issues and on the defense of our nation. and everybody knows his record in terms of personal service. so there's no senator who comes to the floor, i think, arguing more consistently the prerogatives of the united states of america with respect to defending our nation and upholding the constitution. and i would ask my colleagues who are finding some reason to doubt this treaty or to have some sense that it presents a threat to
issues and on the defense of our nation. and everybody knows his record in terms of personal service. so there's no senator who comes to the floor, i think, arguing more consistently the prerogatives of the united states of america with respect to defending our nation and upholding the constitution. and i would ask my colleagues who are finding some reason to doubt this treaty or to have some sense that it presents a threat to
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the senate meanwhile continuing debate on taking up the defense authorization bill. you can follow senate coverage on c-span2. back to the white house for a moment. president obama today signing into law u.s. airlines be excluded from emission -- this is the first test for the president fighting climate change in the second change. he quietly signed the bill over their objections. again, the u.s. house in moments. five bills. live coverage here on c-span. >> the house gaveling in just a couple of moments. five bills on the agenda this afternoon. later this week they'll take up a bill that aims to provide a quick visa process for granting legal status to immigrant students who earned advanced degrees in science, engineering or mathematics at u.s. colleges and universities. the house is in tomorrow but not until noon. there will be no votes tomorrow. house republicans are meeting tomorrow to select their leadership, their committee leadership assignments for the next congress. house democrats later this week will elect their leaders for the 113th congress which of cour
the senate meanwhile continuing debate on taking up the defense authorization bill. you can follow senate coverage on c-span2. back to the white house for a moment. president obama today signing into law u.s. airlines be excluded from emission -- this is the first test for the president fighting climate change in the second change. he quietly signed the bill over their objections. again, the u.s. house in moments. five bills. live coverage here on c-span. >> the house gaveling in just a...
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susan rice's defense to date i was given this set of talking points by somebody and i simply repeated them. now, there's a substantial question whether that's the right way to behave, but let's leave that aside for a minute and say, that is just, assume that is what actually happened. the real question is, did she talk to anybody else once she was given these talking points? did she question where they came from? did she try and penetrate beneath the analysis? did she talk to president obama before she went on those five sunday morning talk shows? did she talk to the national security advisor. martha: here is senator mccain as he heads into this meeting. he has been a very visible presence on this whole story and, you know one thing to mention in the context what you're saying. we heard from general petraeus, she says that the comments came from intel. general petraeus says the comments came from intel as he was head of the cia at the time including specific references to al qaeda being involved. so another question for her would clearly be, who changed that, who decided not to includ
susan rice's defense to date i was given this set of talking points by somebody and i simply repeated them. now, there's a substantial question whether that's the right way to behave, but let's leave that aside for a minute and say, that is just, assume that is what actually happened. the real question is, did she talk to anybody else once she was given these talking points? did she question where they came from? did she try and penetrate beneath the analysis? did she talk to president obama...
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the defense department recently allowed women to serve in some combat units. strongly committed to examining the expansion of roles in the u.s. military. and look at this amazing video from hawaii. lava on a volcano in hawaii is reaching the ocean. the volcano has been continuously erupting for almost 30 years. it's the first time the lava has flown into the ocean in almost a year. experts say it's very dangerous and they are warning people to stay away. boy, does it make for a beautiful sight. beautiful pictures. and i've actually -- well, you know i went to high school on the big island. i've seen that pictures time and time again. i've actually been relatively close. you really can't get too close. but it is really a sight to see, wolf. >> thanks very much, lisa. >>> mexico's new leader's here in washington to meet with president obama. but first he sat down with me for an exclusive interview today. you're going to hear his strong words over the so-called fast and furious gun smuggling operation. and the powerball jackpot reaches half a billion dollars. [ m
the defense department recently allowed women to serve in some combat units. strongly committed to examining the expansion of roles in the u.s. military. and look at this amazing video from hawaii. lava on a volcano in hawaii is reaching the ocean. the volcano has been continuously erupting for almost 30 years. it's the first time the lava has flown into the ocean in almost a year. experts say it's very dangerous and they are warning people to stay away. boy, does it make for a beautiful sight....
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they felt with the brutality of the regime, they have to engage in what they call self-defense calling for a no-fly zone, and so the latest slogans in the demonstrations in syria started asking for international intervention. it was around this time that the syria national council was formed, whose mandate was to actually bring help to defend the civilians who were protesting. the reasons -- the main reason the syria did not want to back up has to do what happened to them in the 80s when the syrian regime brutally recrushedded that rebellion centered in the city of hamas and killed, according to the claims of the regimes, 38,000 people in a 27-day campaign in the months of february in 1982. the people felt if they back off, they would be punished because in the 80s, after 82, the next following years, they punishedded them collectively, about 80,000 forcibly disappeared people whose files are still not closed, and thousands and thousands of prisoners of conscious. the syrians felt they have to continue at any cost. when help doesn't come, the idea of defense formed in the movement itse
they felt with the brutality of the regime, they have to engage in what they call self-defense calling for a no-fly zone, and so the latest slogans in the demonstrations in syria started asking for international intervention. it was around this time that the syria national council was formed, whose mandate was to actually bring help to defend the civilians who were protesting. the reasons -- the main reason the syria did not want to back up has to do what happened to them in the 80s when the...